What is biochemical oxygen demand, and what does a high value indicate?
Microbes in Human Welfare
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is used to make ethanol and to leaven bread. Penicillium notatum yields the antibiotic penicillin. Aspergillus niger yields citric acid, and Lactobacillus converts milk to curd.
No citable source has been recorded for this record. Treat it as practice material, not as fact.
Streptococcus is the source of streptokinase, used to dissolve blood clots.
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What is biochemical oxygen demand, and what does a high value indicate?
Microbes in Human Welfare
How is biogas produced and what does it contain?
Microbes in Human Welfare
Describe the role of microbes in sewage treatment.
Microbes in Human Welfare
What are biofertilisers and biocontrol agents? Give one example of each.
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Describe the structure and functions of the placenta.
Human Reproduction
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Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants